Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket. Not a chance!

A/N: So, yeah. I haven't updated in a while (four years) *cough*. I feel kind of bad about that, actually, because I re-read this story and I really liked this one. Hence, I suppose it's being updated now. Huzzah! I'm even trying to go for the same format as I used before! Yaaaay! xD

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Behind These Fiery Eyes

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CH. 6 -Better Together

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"And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy and
Sometimes life can be deceiving
I'll tell you one thing it's always
better when we're together"
- Jack Johnson – Better Together

Kyou felt better then he'd felt in days. The cat's body was curled beside Haru's, one of the cow's arms wrapped around Kyou's naked stomach. Kyou felt soft breath on the back of his neck and revelled in the warmth. He could feel his eyes coming together as the allure of sleep beckoned him to join Haru in peaceful sleep.

Holding tight onto Haru's hand, Kyou felt himself drifting off. Sighing happily, "I think I'm gonna be okay..."

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"Kyou..."

The redhead could only faintly make out his name drifting into his ear. It was so faint, like a whisper from a different room, so he shifted his body and tried to pretend he'd never heard it.

"Kyou...!"

It was louder this time, a bit more clear. Kyou could feel someone's hands skimming along the side of his torso and he purred slightly as encouragement.

"..the hell d'you want...?" he murmured playfully. He could feel himself grinning.

"Kyou... It's time to get uuuppp..!"

The hands wriggled themselves around Kyou's middle and started pulling him up slightly. The cat swatted his hands at the culprit.

"Haruuu, doooon't..!" he moaned, still not opening his eyes. "Leave me be!"

Kyou heard a distinct giggle that didn't belong to Haru. Forcing himself, he slowly opened his eyes and turned his head around to find himself staring into someone else's eyes. Kyou's eyes snapped open and he flung himself out of his assailant's arms and onto the floor. He found himself starring at his most flamboyant cousin, Ayame Sohma, sitting up on his bed.

"The hell are you doing in my room?!" Kyou demanded.

Ayame flipped his long silver hair over his shoulder and laughed. "I just wanted to be here in person to congratulate you! It's a big thing to find love, you know!"

Kyou felt his eye twitch as a blush crept across his face. "You didn't have to come see me... A phone call would have been perfectly fine... Wait..." A thought occurred to him. "How did you know? Who are you talking about?"

"Why Haru, of course!" Ayame grinned ear to ear and clasped his hands. He looked positively enthralled. "I always knew you two would find each other! You fit together waaay better than you and Yuki ever did..."

Kyou started to stand up. "You knew about that?"

"Of course!" Ayame nodded. "I make it my business to know what my little brother gets up to!" When Kyou was silent at the mention of Yuki, Ayame took it to mean the worst. "Ohhh! I didn't mean to stir up any bad memories! I know about that happened between you and Yuki too..."

"Where's Haru?" Kyou changed the subject, making a mental note never to let Shigure know anything of value ever again.

"Ohh, he wandered downstairs. He wanted to let you keep sleeping, but I thought you'd slept long enough!"Ayame giggled. "Although you thinking I was Haru was enough to make me want to keep going...!"

Kyou's face burned red. "S-shut up!!" Trying not to make eye contact with his cousin, he stalked across the room and headed downstairs. Ayame floated behind him.

The cat found Tohru busy in the kitchen, apron wrapped around her slender waist, scarf pulling her hair out of her face. "Mornin'," he said.

She turned around with a start. "Ohh, good morning, Kyou-chan!" She smiled wide at the cat. "Did you sleep well?"

"Yeah, until freak-boy over here woke me up!" Kyou grumbled. Ayame ignored his comments and wandered over to where Tohru was cooking. "Where's Haru?"

"He's in the living room, I think," she said.

"Thanks."

Kyou walked out of the kitchen in time to hear the snake gleefully ask Tohru which dish was his. He snorted and continued on his quest to find his boyfriend. "Whatta freak..." he mumbled, smiling.

He found Haru in the living room, sitting on the couch, dozing. His head was leaning on the back of the couch, and light snores were coming from his slightly open mouth. Feeling sneaky, Kyou tip-toed towards the couch and flung his body through the air into the cow's lap. Haru woke with a start.

"What the..?! – oh, Kitten!" His surprise turned to happiness at the sight of Kyou. He leaned down and kissed his boyfriend soundly on the mouth. Kyou took full advantage of the kiss, grabbing the back of Haru's neck and delving into his mouth with his tongue. Haru moaned and rubbed Kyou's tongue with his own, winding his arms around his waist. Suddenly, Kyou pulled back and lightly punched Haru on the arm.

"That's for leaving me alone with Freak-boy!" he said. Haru rolled his eyes and smiled.

"Well, if that's my punishment, pleasure followed with a bit of pain, I think I might do it again..!"

Kyou punched him again. "Shut up! Don't you ever do that again, please!"

"Fine." Haru nodded. "But only if I get another kiss!"

Haru swooped back down and claimed Kyou's lips once more. Pulling Kyou into a sitting position, the cow was allowed better access with his hands, and took full advantage. Cupping his hands around Kyou's bum, the cow put all of himself into the kiss. Kyou moaned with delight and purred as Haru's hands massaged him. He purred and hung his arms around Haru's shoulders.

"B-breakfast..!"

The two broke apart to see a very red, very flustered Tohru facing the other way in the doorframe. They both blushed slightly pink and laughed, getting up to head into the kitchen to help.

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"Are you ready?"

Kyou looked into Haru's eyes, searching for any fear within the purple depths. He didn't find any.

"I'm ready," Haru stated. He took Kyou's hand in his own.

The cat smiled and gripped Haru's hand tightly. They both looked onward down the street at their high school and began to walk towards it.

"So long as I've got Haru with me," Kyou thought, "I'm not afraid..."

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End of CH. 6

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A/N: Okay, I think this is the ending! I'm not sure, but I don't have any ideas that could take this anywhere else. Like I said before, I was reading this earlier today, and I wanted to give it a semblance of an ending.

I hope you liked it! Ta-daah!